Metadata record for Beliefs About Social Stratification, 1980: [United States]

Beliefs About Social Stratification, 1980: [United States] Kluegel, James R. Smith, Eliot R. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR 2001-02-01 8702 doi://10.3886/ICPSR08702.v1

The purpose of this study was to describe and test hypotheses about Americans' beliefs regarding inequality. The survey investigated beliefs about causes of wealth and poverty, opportunity, and inequality, plus perceptions of fairness and the necessity of income inequality. Included in the survey were questions on self-perceived social class (poor, working, middle, upper-middle, upper), beliefs about differences between social classes, attitudes toward different social classes, and beliefs about discrimination against Blacks, other minorities, and women. The survey also collected information on political preferences, employment, marital status, educational attainment, religion, religiosity, age, sex, income, and satisfaction with life in general.

UniverseScheme08702 Organization08702_1 NSF: SES 8016995, Organization08702_2 NIMH: MH32083 ICPSR.XVI.A discrimination poverty social classes social inequality social stratification United States 1980 1980 survey data Adults in the United States ages 18 and over. Three samples were selected: a representative sample (1,507 cases), a Black oversample (402 cases), and an affluent oversample (303 cases). telephone interviews 1980 1980 ICPSR

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